Log-in here if you’re a member with access to the Closer. Looking for deeper insight on markets? In tonight’s Closer sent to Bespoke Institutional clients, we review some technical setups for the dollar versus major currencies. See today’s post-market Closer and everything else Bespoke publishes … [Read More...]

Welcome to Bespoke Brunch Reads — a linkfest of the favorite things we read over the past week. The links are mostly market related, but there are some other interesting subjects covered as well. We hope you enjoy the food for thought as a supplement to the research we provide … [Read More...]

Searching for ways to better understand the fixed income space or looking for actionable ideals in this asset class? Bespoke’s Fixed Income Weekly provides an update on rates and credit every Wednesday. We start off with a fresh piece of analysis driven by what’s in the headlines or … [Read More...]

Today the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence survey was released. One of the data points the survey includes is an inflation expectation series, asking consumers what they expect as far as consumer price changes go. In recent years, economists have worried that relatively low inflation may lead consumers to expect … [Read More...]

In an interview Thursday evening on Bloomberg’s What Did You Miss?, Bespoke’s Macro Strategist George Pearkes talked to Julia Chatterley, Scarlet Fu, and Joe Weisenthal about recent changes in the US fiscal outlook, the impact that will have on inflation, how the Fed is likely to react, and … [Read More...]

Log-in here if you’re a member with access to the Closer. Looking for deeper insight on markets? In tonight’s Closer sent to Bespoke Institutional clients, we take a look at rising delivery times, and underwhelming industrial production report, and strong producer price inflation. See today’s post-… [Read More...]

Log-in here if you’re a member with access to the Closer. Looking for deeper insight on markets? In tonight’s Closer sent to Bespoke Institutional clients, we review stronger-than-forecast CPI and the broad uptick in prices in recent months; we also discuss the likely Fed reaction … [Read More...]

Log-in here if you’re a member with access to the Closer. Looking for deeper insight on markets? In tonight’s Closer sent to Bespoke Institutional clients, we catalog ETF flows and the quarterly consumer credit data from the New York Fed. See today’s post-market Closer and … [Read More...]

Log-in here if you’re a member with access to the Closer. Looking for deeper insight on markets? In tonight’s Closer sent to Bespoke Institutional clients, we review the bounce in equities over the last couple of sessions. See today’s post-market Closer and everything else Bespoke … [Read More...]

Travel

If you visit Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville, Florida, don’t expect to see the eponymous fort itself; it’s now beneath the waters of the St. John’s River. [Read More...]

If you somehow find yourself visiting Clipperton Island and lack things to do (understandably), try running around the island and timing yourself; the record circumnavigation time is one hour and 17 minutes. [Read More...]

The interior of the Phnom Sombok temple in Kratie, Cambodia is decorated with torture scenes for the edification of the non-virtuous visitor. [Read More...]